The nationwide surge of a scam shows how
thieves are preying on people's curiosity. The
scammers call random cell phone numbers and let
it ring once. Those who take the bait and call
back face huge fees.

On Saturday night, BYU basketball finally broke through and got a win
on Saint Mary's home court. Here are five reasons why the win over the
Gaels is particularly satisfying to BYU players, coaches and fans.

First, it was the West Nile virus; now
wildlife
volunteers say bald eagles in northern Utah
are
being killed by lead poisoning. It's a
problem
they say hunters can fix with a simple change
in ammunition type, but some gun owners
disagree.

Shelley Elementary in American Fork didn't have class on Monday in
observance of President's Day. But 18 fourth-graders came to school
anyway hoping a read-a-thon would help them win something special.

The organizers of a new memorial in Price are
facing a monumental
task: confirming the accuracy of the roughly
1,300 names that will go
on bronze plaques to honor all the Carbon
County miners who have
died since the late 1800s.

It was a big weekend for a senior in
Gunnison, who cheered her last
home game.
The school band, the fans and the
cheerleaders help add excitement
to any high school basketball game, but at
Gunnison Valley High
School, JoAnna West steals the show.

It was a night 62 years in the making for the U.S., with the pairing of
Steven Holcomb of Park City, Utah, and Steve Langton of Melrose,
Mass., taking the bronze, the first two-man medal showing by an
American sled since 1952.

A Cache County man is thankful to be alive
after being rescued in an intense snowstorm
last week in Wyoming. The diesel mechanic was
headed to fix a broken-down snowcat, when he
found himself in a fight for his life.

If you've watched U.S. Alpine skiers Julia
Mancuso and Bode Miller in
Sochi these Olympic Games, you know how fast
and furious the sport
of ski racing can be. Now imagine flying down
those slopes at 60
miles per hour — with your eyes closed.

More than 120 Army Reserve Soldiers with the
420th Military Police
Company will be deployed to Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. Friends and
family said goodbye to their loved ones at a
departure ceremony on
Monday.